Impacts on the Somerset Mill, the Skowhegan River Park, flooding and licensing are becoming clearer a week after The Nature Conservancy announced the purchase from Brookfield Renewable Energy.
The college said it received an email saying that a bomb was placed in a Colby library.
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Sept. 19-26, 2025.
While all the impacts of the sale of Brookfield Renewable Energy’s hydroelectric dams to The Nature Conservancy aren’t yet known, here’s what we know so far.
The arrest and subsequent search drew a significant police presence and put the Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School into lockdown, authorities said.
Meanwhile, project organizers said the planned sale and removal of four Kennebec River dams announced Tuesday is not expected to have any impact on the whitewater park.
Brookfield Renewable Energy and The Nature Conservancy agreed to a deal that’s expected to eventually remove the dams.
Police believe Janathian Viles was involved in a video in which he appeared to assault a girl and hold a gun to her head.
Meanwhile, officials said talks are underway about repurposing the company’s former factory in Norridgewock.
Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal photojournalists share their work for the week of Sept. 12-19.
The arrest of Kirby Bradford, 58, on Thursday comes five months after state police began investigating the death of Robert Bruso, 56.
The cause of the fire, which broke out around 7 p.m. Thursday, was under investigation.
Bonnie Coombs, charged with murder in the death of her sister, Velma Withee, will remain in county jail while she awaits a trial.
The school, which is planning to buy 41 acres on Eight Rod Road for the project, would be nontaxable and draw resources away from Waterville Public Schools, councilors say.
The new position, serving communities in Somerset County, could pave the way for more efficient and consistent building code enforcement in rural towns that can’t afford — or find — qualified candidates.
Rhaheem Friend, 34, pleaded guilty in August to manslaughter for the death of Nicholas Foss, 38, according to court records.
The Community Regional Charter School wants to buy 41 acres on Eight Rod Road to build a new school, but must obtain a zoning change from the city first.
More than 200 years after his death in the War of 1812, Lt. Henry Hobart of Gardiner was honored Sunday with a stone placed next to his mother’s at St. Ann’s Burying Ground.
Cindy Bolduc creates crafts and places them in a cabinet by the road for free but notes that if people want to leave a donation, she will give it to the Somerset Humane Society.
Police said the boys were wearing ski masks while harassing and yelling at customers at the Purple Cow restaurant.
Central Maine photographers share football and field hockey images as well as Bee Fest and more.
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office was executing a search warrant when Isaac Robinson approached investigators with a knife, authorities said.
The officer called the decision a betrayal, while the man’s defense attorney said the case should serve as a lesson to police about handling traffic stops.
Skowhegan police were attempting to stop the vehicle, which the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office had reported stolen.
The dismissal marks the second time charges have been dropped against Michael Corson as a trial was set to begin.
